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1996 NCAA basketball ratings

Championship: Kentucky defeated Syracuse
Rank Team Record against D-I teams BRR
1. Kentucky 34-2 3.06
2. UMass 35-2 2.94
3. UConn 32-3 2.54
4. Texas Tech 30-2 2.28
5. Wake Forest 26-6 2.13
6. Kansas 28-5 2.11
7. Cincinnati 28-5 2.09
8. Villanova 26-7 2.02
9. Georgetown 27-8 1.98
10. Syracuse 29-9 1.96
11. Purdue 26-6 1.92
12. Mississippi State 26-8 1.82
13. Arizona 26-7 1.81
14. Georgia Tech 24-12 1.67
15. New Mexico 27-5 1.64
16. Green Bay 24-4 1.62
17. Utah 25-7 1.62
18. Virginia Tech 23-6 1.59
19. Memphis 22-8 1.56
20. Iowa State 23-9 1.55
21. UCLA 23-8 1.51
22. UNC 21-11 1.50
23. Penn State 21-7 1.50
24. Iowa 23-9 1.48
25. Georgia 21-10 1.47
26. Marquette 23-8 1.44
27. Louisville 21-12 1.40
28. Eastern Michigan 23-6 1.33
29. Temple 20-13 1.27
30. Drexel 26-4 1.26
31. Stanford 20-9 1.25
32. Bradley 22-8 1.22
33. Boston College 19-11 1.22
34. Tulane 22-10 1.22
35. Arkansas 20-13 1.21
36. George Washington 21-8 1.21
37. Clemson 18-11 1.17
38. Indiana 18-12 1.16
39. Texas 21-10 1.14
40. Maryland 17-13 1.14
41. Duke 18-13 1.14
42. Michigan 20-12 1.13
43. College of Charleston 23-4 1.11
44. Santa Clara 20-9 1.11
45. Tulsa 22-8 1.09
46. Providence 18-12 1.07
47. South Carolina 19-12 1.05
48. Oklahoma State 16-10 1.05
49. Oklahoma 17-13 0.99
50. Nebraska 21-14 0.97
51. Minnesota 19-13 0.96
52. Kansas State 16-12 0.95
53. University of California 17-11 0.95
54. Illinois 18-13 0.93
55. Alabama 19-13 0.93
56. Fresno State 21-11 0.91
57. Arkansas-Little Rock 21-7 0.91
58. Davidson 22-5 0.90
59. Princeton 21-7 0.89
60. Vanderbilt 17-14 0.84
61. New Orleans 21-9 0.83
62. VCU 24-9 0.82
63. Miami (OH) 20-8 0.80
64. Washington State 17-12 0.79
65. Iona 21-8 0.78
66. St. Joseph's 19-13 0.76
67. Rhode Island 20-14 0.75
68. Mount St. Mary's 21-8 0.74
69. Auburn 18-13 0.73
70. Virginia 12-15 0.72
71. Tennessee 14-15 0.72
72. Missouri 18-15 0.72
73. Illinois State 21-12 0.71
74. Wisconsin 16-15 0.69
75. Gonzaga 19-9 0.69
76. Washington 16-12 0.68
77. Montana State 19-9 0.65
78. Marist 22-7 0.64
79. Florida 12-16 0.63
80. North Carolina State 15-16 0.63
81. Miami (FL) 15-13 0.63
82. Michigan State 15-16 0.62
83. Florida State 13-14 0.62
84. Butler 18-8 0.61
85. Houston 15-10 0.59
86. Charlotte 14-15 0.58
87. Oregon 13-13 0.57
88. Fairfield 20-10 0.57
89. Colorado State 16-12 0.55
90. Saint Louis 16-14 0.53
91. Monmouth 20-10 0.52
92. Portland 17-11 0.51
93. Detroit 17-11 0.51
94. Canisius 19-11 0.50
95. Weber State 18-10 0.48
96. Seton Hall 12-16 0.48
97. Montana 17-8 0.45
98. Missouri State 16-12 0.43
99. Northern Illinois 19-10 0.42
100. BYU 15-13 0.39
101. Rider 19-11 0.39
102. Manhattan 17-12 0.37
103. Ball State 16-12 0.36
104. St. John's (NY) 11-16 0.34
105. Western Michigan 15-12 0.33
106. West Virginia 12-15 0.33
107. Alabama-Birmingham 14-14 0.32
108. San Francisco 13-12 0.28
109. Loyola Marymount 16-11 0.27
110. North Carolina-Greensboro 20-10 0.26
111. Texas Christian 14-14 0.24
112. Murray State 16-11 0.24
113. Penn 17-10 0.23
114. Ohio 15-14 0.23
115. Oral Roberts 16-9 0.23
116. Southern Miss 11-15 0.21
117. Toledo 15-14 0.20
118. Long Beach State 16-11 0.20
119. Ole Miss 11-15 0.19
120. Rice 14-14 0.19
121. Mississippi Valley State 18-7 0.18
122. Austin Peay 17-11 0.18
123. Pitt 10-17 0.18
124. Northern Iowa 14-13 0.15
125. DePaul 11-18 0.15
126. Evansville 13-14 0.14
127. Old Dominion 17-13 0.13
128. Valparaiso 19-11 0.12
129. St. Peter's 15-12 0.12
130. Boston University 18-11 0.12
131. Wyoming 11-15 0.11
132. Xavier 13-15 0.11
133. Bowling Green State 12-13 0.10
134. USC 11-19 0.10
135. LSU 11-17 0.10
136. Louisiana-Lafayette 14-12 0.10
137. Arizona State 11-16 0.08
138. South Carolina State 20-8 0.08
139. Wright State 13-13 0.08
140. East Carolina 16-11 0.06
141. Nevada 16-13 0.06
142. Western Kentucky 13-13 0.06
143. Jacksonville 15-13 0.05
144. South Florida 12-16 0.04
145. San Diego State 13-14 0.03
146. Dayton 15-14 0.03
147. San Diego 13-14 0.02
148. Marshall 16-11 0.02
149. Notre Dame 9-18 0.01
150. Virginia Military Institute 15-10 0.00
151. Boise State 14-12 0.00
152. Drake 12-15 -0.01
153. Ohio State 10-17 -0.01
154. Kent State 13-13 -0.02
155. Pacific 14-12 -0.02
156. Tennessee State 15-12 -0.02
157. Creighton 13-15 -0.04
158. Towson 15-12 -0.05
159. Rutgers 8-18 -0.05
160. Colorado 9-18 -0.05
161. Dartmouth 15-10 -0.06
162. Coppin State 17-10 -0.07
163. UC-Irvine 15-12 -0.08
164. Saint Mary's (CA) 12-15 -0.08
165. UTEP 11-15 -0.09
166. North Carolina-Wilmington 13-16 -0.13
167. Western Carolina 15-12 -0.13
168. Campbell 15-11 -0.13
169. Louisiana-Monroe 15-14 -0.13
170. Hawaii 10-18 -0.15
171. Utah State 14-15 -0.16
172. Jackson State 14-13 -0.16
173. Liberty 15-12 -0.19
174. North Carolina-Asheville 14-10 -0.19
175. Stephen F. Austin 15-11 -0.21
176. St. Bonaventure 10-18 -0.21
177. Samford 14-11 -0.22
178. Delaware 13-12 -0.22
179. Middle Tennessee 13-12 -0.22
180. Colgate 15-15 -0.23
181. McNeese State 15-12 -0.23
182. Bucknell 15-11 -0.24
183. Saint Francis (PA) 13-14 -0.25
184. Western Illinois 15-12 -0.25
185. Texas A&M 11-16 -0.26
186. Loyola (MD) 11-15 -0.27
187. San Jose State 13-17 -0.28
188. North Texas 15-13 -0.28
189. Niagara 13-15 -0.31
190. Harvard 14-11 -0.33
191. Southern Illinois 10-17 -0.33
192. UTSA 13-13 -0.33
193. Maine 15-13 -0.34
194. Charleston Southern 13-13 -0.35
195. Chattanooga 13-12 -0.37
196. American 11-15 -0.38
197. Duquesne 9-18 -0.38
198. South Alabama 11-15 -0.39
199. Lamar 10-15 -0.39
200. Southern Utah 11-13 -0.40
201. Southeastern Louisiana 13-12 -0.41
202. Southern 13-12 -0.42
203. UCSB 11-15 -0.43
204. Indiana State 10-16 -0.44
205. New Mexico State 10-15 -0.45
206. Tennessee Tech 11-15 -0.46
207. Eastern Kentucky 11-14 -0.47
208. Pepperdine 9-18 -0.48
209. Mercer 13-14 -0.48
210. Buffalo 13-14 -0.48
211. UNLV 10-16 -0.50
212. UIC 9-18 -0.50
213. Idaho 10-16 -0.51
214. UT-Martin 10-14 -0.52
215. Northeastern Illinois 12-13 -0.54
216. Baylor 8-17 -0.55
217. James Madison 10-20 -0.55
218. Eastern Illinois 12-15 -0.55
219. Radford 12-13 -0.56
220. Holy Cross 16-13 -0.56
221. UMKC 12-15 -0.57
222. Cal Poly 12-13 -0.59
223. Louisiana Tech 10-17 -0.60
224. SMU 6-20 -0.61
225. Wichita State 8-21 -0.61
226. Northwestern 7-20 -0.62
227. Sam Houston State 11-14 -0.63
228. Navy 13-12 -0.64
229. Central Connecticut 12-15 -0.64
230. Vermont 11-14 -0.66
231. La Salle 6-24 -0.66
232. Oregon State 4-22 -0.66
233. William & Mary 9-16 -0.67
234. Milwaukee 8-18 -0.68
235. George Mason 10-16 -0.72
236. Florida International 11-15 -0.72
237. Idaho State 9-15 -0.73
238. Arkansas State 8-18 -0.74
239. Brown 10-16 -0.76
240. Texas Southern 9-14 -0.78
241. UCF 10-19 -0.79
242. Georgia State 10-15 -0.81
243. Wagner 10-17 -0.81
244. Texas-Rio Grande Valley 8-19 -0.81
245. Texas-Arlington 10-15 -0.81
246. Richmond 8-20 -0.83
247. Loyola (IL) 7-19 -0.85
248. Centenary (LA) 9-16 -0.86
249. Texas State 9-15 -0.88
250. Youngstown State 10-15 -0.90
251. Cornell 9-16 -0.93
252. Hampton 7-17 -0.97
253. Stetson 8-17 -0.97
254. Cal State Fullerton 6-20 -0.99
255. Alcorn State 8-15 -1.00
256. Southeast Missouri State 7-19 -1.00
257. Jacksonville State 8-17 -1.04
258. Grambling 10-16 -1.04
259. Troy 9-16 -1.05
260. Florida Atlantic 8-18 -1.05
261. Cal State Northridge 6-18 -1.10
262. Furman 7-17 -1.11
263. LIU-Brooklyn 8-19 -1.12
264. Central Michigan 4-20 -1.14
265. Delaware State 10-17 -1.18
266. Citadel 7-16 -1.18
267. Appalachian State 6-20 -1.19
268. St. Francis (NY) 9-18 -1.19
269. Siena 5-22 -1.20
270. Cleveland State 5-21 -1.20
271. Fairleigh Dickinson 7-20 -1.21
272. North Carolina A&T 8-16 -1.22
273. Maryland-Eastern Shore 9-16 -1.25
274. Bethune-Cookman 8-15 -1.26
275. Fordham 4-23 -1.29
276. Hofstra 8-18 -1.30
277. Winthrop 6-19 -1.32
278. Lafayette 7-18 -1.34
279. Yale 7-18 -1.34
280. Sacramento State 5-20 -1.35
281. Nicholls State 5-21 -1.41
282. Columbia 6-19 -1.41
283. New Hampshire 6-21 -1.43
284. Morgan State 7-20 -1.44
285. Howard 7-19 -1.45
286. ETSU 5-20 -1.45
287. Alabama State 7-17 -1.46
288. Hartford 6-22 -1.47
289. Air Force 2-22 -1.50
290. Morehead State 3-20 -1.51
291. Northwestern State 5-20 -1.53
292. Northern Arizona 4-20 -1.57
293. UMBC 5-22 -1.61
294. Akron 2-23 -1.62
295. Robert Morris 4-23 -1.74
296. Northeastern 4-24 -1.78
297. Florida A&M 4-19 -1.88
298. Coastal Carolina 3-21 -1.94
299. Army 4-20 -2.02
300. Chicago State 2-25 -2.03
301. Lehigh 3-23 -2.10
302. Wofford 1-22 -2.12
303. Eastern Washington 1-23 -2.19
304. Georgia Southern 2-23 -2.24
305. Prairie View 0-23 -2.60